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| - Duty Editor: Anita Chang Email: anita.beattie@afp.com -- TOP STORIES -- + Covid vaccine to reach US hospitals Monday + Hong Kong tycoon critical of Beijing appears in court + Israel establishes relations with Bhutan + UN seeks declaration of global climate emergency Health-virus-US WASHINGTON The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine will reach hospitals and other sites across the United States by Monday morning, a top official says, ready to be injected into the arms of millions of the most vulnerable Americans. 650 words moved by Issam Ahmed. Picture HongKong-China-politics-media-Lai,lead HONG KONG Hong Kong media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai appears in court to face a charge under a sweeping new national security law that could see him jailed for life. 550 words moved. Picture Israel-Bhutan-diplomacy,WRAP JERUSALEM Israel establishes diplomatic relations with the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, the Israeli foreign ministry says, the latest in a string of normalisation deals agreed by the Jewish state. 450 words 1930 GMT Britain-UN-France-climate-summit,WRAP LONDON The United Nations urges leaders to declare a global climate emergency and shape greener growth after the coronavirus pandemic, as nations take gloomy stock five years since the landmark Paris Agreement. 780 words moved by Jitendra Joshi and Patrick Galey in Paris. File picture. Video. Graphic -- VIRUS -- Health-virus-Italy ROME Italy becomes the European country with the highest pandemic toll, its new total of 64,036 deaths overtaking Britain, according to an AFP tally. 550 words moved Also moved: Health-virus-vaccines,FACTS -- AMERICAS -- US-vote-Trump-rally WASHINGTON Thousands of red-hatted protesters fill the streets of Washington to demand "four more years" for Donald Trump's presidency and to denounce, without proof, the "massive fraud" they say gave the election to Joe Biden. 400 words by Camille Camdessus. Picture. Video -- ASIA -- Afghanistan-conflict-Kabul-rockets,WRAP KABUL A series of rockets strike Kabul, killing one person and wounding two, officials say, the second such attack to rock the Afghan capital in less than a month. 450 words moved by Mushtaq Mojaddidi. Picture. Video India-politics-farmers-agriculture-demonstration,Q&A NEW DELHI As resolute Indian farmers keep up their blockade of New Delhi over new farm laws, AFP looks at the legislation that is sparking such opposition and weighs Prime Minister Narendra Modi's limited options. 700 words moved by Jalees Andrabi. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Britain-EU-Brexit-politics,WRAP LONDON Britain readies armed Royal Navy ships to patrol its fishing waters in case tempers flare after a "no-deal" Brexit as a make-or-break deadline approaches for talks with the European Union. 750 words moved by Phil Hazlewood. Picture. Video France-security-law-demonstration, WRAP PARIS Thousands of protesters take to the streets in France for a third consecutive weekend of demonstrations over a controversial security bill that would limit filming of the police. 480 words moved. Picture. Video -- MIDEAST & NORTH AFRICA -- Iran-trial-execution,WRAP TEHRAN Iran authorities execute Ruhollah Zam, a former opposition figure who had lived in exile in France and was implicated in anti-government protests, days after his sentence was upheld. 750 words moved. File picture. File video US-Israel-diplomacy-Morocco-WSahara-Algeria,WRAP ALGIERS Algeria's prime minister criticises "foreign manoeuvres" he says were aimed to destabilise it, after Washington recognised Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara in exchange for Rabat normalising ties with Israel. 650 words moved US-Israel-Morocco-diplomacy,FOCUS CASABLANCA Casablanca's "Madame Fhal" bakery is famed for its delicious kosher bread, but in its busy queue there was only one thing on people's lips -- a deal between Morocco and Israel. 720 words moved by Kaouthar Oudrhiri. Picture. Video Iraq-politics-unrest-Iran-Hashed,FOCUS NAJAF, Iraq Around the corner from Iraq's holiest shrines, a years-long struggle over resources and reputations is coming to a head -- threatening a dangerous schism within a powerful state-sponsored security force. 850 words moved by Qassim al-Kaabi. File Picture -- SPOTLIGHT -- Ethiopia-Tigray-conflict-Eritrea-Sudan,FOCUS HAMDAYIT, Sudan Among the thousands of people fleeing Ethiopia's Tigray conflict are a few dozen men, women and children who have now become refugees for a second time, having escaped one of the world's most authoritarian regimes in Eritrea. 1,250 words moved by Serene Assir. Picture. Video -- AFRICA -- Ethiopia-conflict-Tigray-aid-refugee,WRAP ADDIS ABABA The first international aid convoy arrives in the capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region since fighting broke out more than a month ago, triggering a refugee crisis and humanitarian disaster. 850 words moved. Picture. Graphic -- SPORTS -- Fbl-ITA-Rossi VICENZA, Italy Hundreds gather to bid farewell to Italy's 1982 World Cup hero Paolo Rossi during an emotional funeral ceremony, with a former teammate mourning the loss "of a friend, a brother". 600 words moved Picture Fbl-ENG-Pr,WRAP LONDON Chelsea look to go top of the Premier League at Everton. Under-fire Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer prepares for a crucial derby against Manchester City. 650 words 2100 GMT by Kieran Canning. Picture afp
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